Syracuse, N.Y. -- If you’ve been wilting in the heat and humidity over the past week, we have good news for you.
“Those seeking relief from the heat and humidity can take comfort in knowing today will be the final day of the stretch of unseasonably warm and muggy conditions,” the National Weather Service in Albany reassures us. “The end of the week will feature cooler temperatures and much lower humidity.”
First, though, we have today, when it’s likely to climb into the upper 80s as we remain under the edge of the heat dome that brought the record-breaking temperatures of the past few days. The dewpoint, a measure of humidity, will be in the high 60s and even 70 degrees, defined by the weather service as “oppressive.”
That combination of heat and humidity will make it feel like 90 degrees or hotter late this afternoon. It will also bring a chance for scattered but intense thunderstorms that could cause minor flooding, especially if they drop rain on soils already saturated by Tuesday’s storms.
The Albany area was hammered by a deluge of rain Tuesday. An automated weather station southwest of the city recorded 2.48 inches of rain, and up to a foot of water covered streets in downtown Albany and I-90 at Henry Johnson Boulevard, according to the weather service.
After a cold front sweeps through tonight, temperatures and humidity will drop sharply. Temperatures will top out in the low 80s or upper 70s through the weekend, with comfortable dewpoints in the 50s.
Overnight lows will fall into the low 60s and even a cool upper 50s by early next week.
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